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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas

6 Ranked Colleges
258 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in Texas

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking.

Legal Professions is the 17th most popular major in the country with 61,993 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,199 and had an average of $58,026 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 3,413 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 258 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal professions programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal professions program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas.

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 30 degrees to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 35 masters’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 58 diplomas to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree legal professions students list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 33 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Mary’s University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 45 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Mary’s also took the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Mary’s are $19,320, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full St. Mary’s University Legal Professions Report

#1 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 33 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Southern Methodist University Legal Professions Report

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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